August 20–21, 2026 update

✨ Added

• 🌍 English support is live: Yudum is now bilingual. Visitors with an English browser are greeted by the chat in English; the #lobby room has opened for international chat and #radio for world radio stations (including Capital FM London). Emily, David and Mia, the lobby's new English-speaking regulars, are waiting for you.
• Language selection on the login screen: if the interface opened in English by mistake, you can switch back to Turkish with one click (Turkish users never see these buttons).
• yudum.net/en: English introduction, help and rules pages — you can send your foreign guests here.
• Quick actions in the webchat: the + menu in the message box and the buttons at the bottom left now have Join Channel · Change Nick · Channel List.
• When you switch to a registered nick, a password window opens: you can enter your password before time runs out and you drop to Guest; if you get it wrong, the window reopens with a warning.
• A "N of your friends are online" notification when you log in — click it to open your friends list, and nothing is posted to the channel.
• The contact page and cookie notice are now in the visitor's language.

🛠 Fixed

• Closing the tab or browser now ends your session immediately — on a shared computer, the next person can't get in under your name. The "Log out" button now clears everything too; the old account doesn't come back when the page is refreshed.
• After server maintenance, you now return to the webchat without being asked for your password, right where you left off — with your privileges and nick style.
• Nick upper/lower case mix-ups have been fixed: dropping to lowercase after a quick log out and back in, "shows in the channel but can't be found" and privileges not being applied are all solved.
• If you drop to Guest without identifying, the interface now switches to guest mode immediately — the previous account's lists no longer stay on screen.
• For song requests, DJ Yudum now replies when a song can't be found; no more confusing double replies.

⚡ Improved

• Guest privacy: profiles and personal areas are only open to registered members; anyone who hasn't identified, whoever they are, counts as a guest.
• Whois in the webchat is simpler: identity, account and channels — if you want more detail, continue with "Show Profile".
• The webchat translation is complete: hundreds of texts, including menus, settings, notifications and modals, are now bilingual.
• Turkish speakers who log in from abroad and land in the lobby get a Turkish prompt on login: one line takes them to #sohbet.
• When opened in English, the radio starts with a world station; in Turkish, everything stays on Radyo Yudum as before.